Housing Development Programs

As a Certified Community Housing Development Organization, Freedom West CDC’s housing program is multi-faceted. Its housing program includes:

The rehabilitation of owner-occupied single family homes assists homeowners in reducing energy costs, removing barriers to access, improving safety features, and insuring structural soundness of each unit.
The development of new single family homeowner units which are marketed to income qualified buyers and which provide down-payment assistance and homebuyer education.
The acquisition-rehabilitation-rental/purchase program assists communities in removing blight while increasing the supply of quality housing for the regional workforce.
Staff provide certified Homebuyer Education Classes to prospective homebuyers, and will provide homebuyer education upon request by area lenders.
Area Lender Training Programs are offered annually to assist local lenders with contemporary mortgage products and awareness of down payment assistance programs and homebuyer education services.
Accomplishments: Since 2006, Freedom West CDC has rehabilitated over 140 homes; constructed 2 new units and will begin construction on two more single family affordable housing units during 2010; hosted lender training sessions focusing on affordable housing and mortgage assistance information; provided homebuyer education to prospective homeowners in all five counties; assisted local lenders with the purchase of foreclosed properties; and worked with municipal governments on neighborhood revitalization strategies.